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John Esposito

1940 - Today

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John Louis Esposito (born May 19, 1940) is an American academic, professor of Middle Eastern and religious studies, and scholar of Islamic studies, who serves as Professor of Religion, International Affairs, and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Esposito has received more than 311,061 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John Esposito is the 5,545th most popular writer (down from 5,109th in 2019), the 8,292nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,785th in 2019) and the 640th most popular American Writer.

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  • 310k

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  • 53.15

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Esposito ranks 5,545 out of 7,302Before him are Albert Engström, Kenneth Burke, Michael Grant, Meindert DeJong, Antoni Lange, and Þórbergur Þórðarson. After him are Tom Robbins, Ferdinand von Schirach, Grace Paley, Joe Sacco, Melih Cevdet Anday, and Larry McMurtry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, John Esposito ranks 455Before him are Friedel Rausch, Judy Amoore, Michael Herr, Jürgen Kurbjuhn, Uma Aaltonen, and Terry McDermott. After him are Marcel Aubour, Mariette Hartley, Apolo Nsibambi, Fred Hansen, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, and Dani Shmulevich-Rom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Esposito ranks 8,292 out of 20,380Before him are Terry McDermott (1940), Kenneth Burke (1897), George Bancroft (1800), Rob Van Dam (1970), Clare Boothe Luce (1903), and Omar Epps (1973). After him are Mariette Hartley (1940), Chelsea Clinton (1980), Dell Hymes (1927), Charles Horton Peck (1833), Patricia Morison (1915), and Aloma Wright (1950).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Esposito ranks 640Before him are Ted Chiang (1967), Michael Herr (1940), Norman Cousins (1915), Tim Powers (1952), Rick Warren (1954), and Kenneth Burke (1897). After him are Tom Robbins (1932), Grace Paley (1922), Larry McMurtry (1936), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), and Steven Millhauser (1943).